Politics

Anti-LGBT resolution revoked by a regional assembly in Poland after U.N. threat

By Associated Press

The move came after the country's government asked authorities in several regions to revoke their largely symbolic anti-LGBT resolutions. The EU had put millions of euros of funding to those regions on hold.

U.N. racism meeting recommits to goals but renews divides

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Israel, the United States and some other countries boycotted the meeting because of continued grievances about the 2001 meeting in Durban, South Africa.

WATCH: Jen Psaki says Biden is committed to new immigration system

By Associated Press

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the President is "committed to putting in place a humane, orderly immigration system" as the administrations faces criticism over the handling of migrants at the southern border.

House pushes through debt and government funding plan, will face pushback from GOP

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid.

WATCH: McConnell refuses to help raise federal debt limit

By Associated Press

At a press conference, Wednesday, McConnell said since Democrats control the White House and Congress, it's their problem to find the votes — though he had relied on bipartisan cooperation to approve debt limit measures when Republicans were in charge.

WATCH: Biden announces U.S. has purchased COVID vaccines to donate globally

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Joe Biden says the U.S. is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world.

WATCH: Egyptian president say countries embracing terrorists must be held accountable

By Associated Press

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi urged that countries embracing or offering sanctuary to terrorists be held accountable, in a video speech shown at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

WATCH: U.S. and Australian leaders defend new alliance

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday that the new partnership between their two countries and the United Kingdom is in the best interest of global allies.

WATCH: 2021 United Nations General Assembly – Day 2

Racism, climate change and the world’s worsening divisions will take center stage at the U.N. meeting of world leaders, a day after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the world was "on the edge of an abyss.”…

WATCH: President Biden and UK Prime Minister Johnson pledge climate option

By Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson underscored their commitment to tackling climate change Tuesday, during a White House meeting after both addressed the U.N. General Assembly earlier in the day.